News Roundup

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news roundup - hair for summerSome of the articles of interest to working mothers that we’ve seen around the web recently…

  • Real Simple shares some hot-weather hairstyles that only take 5 minutes.
  • The New York Times reports on the growing trend of employers providing coaching to employees regarding parental leave — to ease transitions and and help retain staff.
  • Harvard Business Review looks at the difference between evaluating employees based on facetime vs. performance and results.
  • The Seattle Times has advice on how to stop worries from negatively affecting your job and other aspects of your life.
  • Fortune looks into the cost of babysitting and how it fits into employees’ expense reimbursements — or rather, how it doesn’t.
  • KJ Dell’Antonia writes for The New York Times about getting kids to read.
  • The Washington Post’s On Parenting explains the importance of childhood friendships and tells you how to foster them.
  • An opinion piece in The Washington Post asks, “Why do smart people enjoy saying that they are bad at math?” and explains why it can be harmful to kids.
  • The LA Times says that the new movie Bad Moms is “one of a handful of recent films and TV shows that push back at mom shaming.” (Are you planning to see it?)

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